August of 2020

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Non-De-Suup MPs to go to Covid-19 frontline

Lockdown

Aug 19, 2020 1 mins read 359 views
CST vulnerable to community transmission

Letter to the editor

Aug 19, 2020 1 mins read 380 views
The demand for greens

Editorial

Aug 19, 2020 2 mins read 413 views
Shops to open in designated zones in Thimphu

Lockdown

Aug 19, 2020 2 mins read 378 views
Mixed response to vegetable distribution

Lockdown

Aug 19, 2020 3 mins read 378 views
Man succumbs to sickle injury

Crime

Aug 19, 2020 1 mins read 432 views
Govt. to buy back apples and redistribute if lockdown continues

Agriculture

Aug 19, 2020 2 mins read 373 views
Religious ceremony to contain the spread of Covid-19

Religious

Aug 19, 2020 1 mins read 353 views
88 people quarantined in Nganglam

Health

Aug 17, 2020 1 mins read 347 views
Banks in Wangdue deliver cash to doorsteps

Banks

Aug 17, 2020 2 mins read 364 views
Authorities to investigate death of a woman in Gelephu CRRH

Health

Aug 17, 2020 2 mins read 387 views
Woman tests negative on RT-PCR

Lockdown

Aug 17, 2020 1 mins read 441 views
Teer: Online lottery still popular despite ban on it

Crime

Aug 17, 2020 4 mins read 428 views
Poor service delivery would be expensive for the nation

Letter to the editor

Aug 17, 2020 1 mins read 373 views
Stay in and respect the lockdown rules

Editorial

Aug 17, 2020 2 mins read 373 views
Tobacco products to reach dzongkhags in phases

Narcotic

Aug 17, 2020 1 mins read 372 views
Home delivery and online shopping to stay

Lockdown

Aug 17, 2020 2 mins read 401 views
Gelephu running out of vegetables

Lockdown

Aug 17, 2020 2 mins read 359 views
Couple tests positive for Covid-19 in Paro

Lockdown

Aug 17, 2020 1 mins read 376 views
Full-blown local transmission looming?

Lockdown

Aug 17, 2020 1 mins read 390 views
Corona

Bacteria

Aug 17, 2020 0 mins read 367 views
Trongsa sends livestock products to Thimphu

Lockdown

Aug 21, 2020 1 mins read 388 views
Farmers send surplus farm produce to Thimphu

Agriculture

Aug 21, 2020 2 mins read 369 views
Over 370 villagers benefit from cash delivery services

Lockdown

Aug 21, 2020 3 mins read 357 views
Lockdown, for now is the only solution

Lockdown

Aug 21, 2020 3 mins read 340 views
Exhausting yet rewarding duty: from the frontliners

Lockdown

Aug 21, 2020 2 mins read 385 views
Trongsa dzongkhag to initiate zoning system

Lockdown

Aug 21, 2020 2 mins read 408 views
Increase in the network traffic during the lockdown: telecos

Technology

Aug 21, 2020 2 mins read 387 views
Feeding the workforce rendered jobless by lockdown

Lockdown

Aug 21, 2020 2 mins read 321 views
Self-defence is not a defence under criminal justice system of Bhutan

Letter to the editor

Aug 21, 2020 2 mins read 516 views
Beyond the lockdown and the pandemic

Editorial

Aug 21, 2020 2 mins read 399 views
Shana Zam back in shape

Road

Aug 21, 2020 1 mins read 362 views
BDBL provides unconventional banking services in Pemagatshel

Banks

Aug 21, 2020 1 mins read 356 views
Lockdown hits farmers hard

Lockdown

Aug 21, 2020 1 mins read 374 views
Govt. plans re-opening of critical works in hydropower projects

Education

Aug 21, 2020 2 mins read 427 views
Govt. eases lockdown in rural areas

Lockdown

Aug 21, 2020 2 mins read 341 views
Bhutanitis ludlowi spotted in Phrumsengla National Park

Wild Life

Aug 20, 2020 1 mins read 397 views
Not all are staying home

Lockdown

Aug 20, 2020 3 mins read 346 views
Two caught with illegally imported chicken

Crime

Aug 20, 2020 0 mins read 367 views
Tobacco products reach Punakha

Narcotic

Aug 20, 2020 0 mins read 414 views
Trashigang poultry farmers running short of buyers

Farming

Aug 20, 2020 2 mins read 338 views
Opening new avenues and tracks for the 21st century blueprint

Letter to the editor

Aug 20, 2020 2 mins read 463 views
Lets not get relaxed

Editorial

Aug 20, 2020 2 mins read 389 views
Two-way movement of goods and supplies via Allay LCS in Pasakha

Transport

Aug 20, 2020 1 mins read 414 views
Escort client car service in Wangdue receives positive feedback

Lockdown

Aug 20, 2020 1 mins read 369 views
Mass testing will continue in Paro today

Health

Aug 20, 2020 1 mins read 335 views
Lockdown relaxes in Thimphu Thromde with zoning system introduced

Lockdown

Aug 20, 2020 2 mins read 336 views
Health officials to test Thimphu residents at stations from today

Health

Aug 20, 2020 2 mins read 375 views
Tsirang comfortable with livestock produce supply

Lockdown

Aug 18, 2020 2 mins read 363 views
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Recents

GMC was a masterstroke

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